The Myrmidon king took advantage of the opportunity and began to chase the Trojan, which had lastly realized his physical disadvantage and the fact that he had little chances of winning the combat. Hector had not been moved by his people's cries "and he stood his ground awaiting huge Achilles as he drew nearer towards him." The gods had also intervened in Achilles favor through Minerva, who tricked Agamemnon into thinking that she had been his loved brother, Deiphobus. Agamemnon responded to his brother's calls, stopping to fight Achilles, but shortly understood that he had been deceived, deducing that his "death is now indeed exceedingly near at hand." The clash had clearly been unfair, with Achilles putting an end to Hector's life both because of his physical advantage and because of the assistance received from the gods.

Observing that his son had been killed and that his body had been at the mercy of his enemies, Priam,...

Homer virtually introduces the concept of pity into poems by presenting Priam's dialogue with Achilles.
Blinded by his son's death, Kind Priam went to the one who's "dread murderous hands had slain so many of his sons" and begged that he would have his son's body back. The fierce Achilles yielded in and confessed his understanding towards Priam's loss, accepting to return the body to its home. The Trojan king took his son's body and returned to Troy, "lamenting and making moan."

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